Extremely moving and heavy piece by artist/directors Lernert & Sander. We could read into and analyze its emotional symbolism, but we’ll leave that to you.
Commisioned by Britta Horsman at VPRO television
Music: Sufjan Stevens – Asthmatic Kitty Records.
Camera: Pim Hawinkels
Weisscam operator: Flip Bleekrode
Colorgrading: Efraim Gons, AVP
Special thanks to Ram van Meel and Noel Loozen from Umsjatksa studio
Werner Damen & Paul Harting from Suikerdepot
Siggi Eggertsson’s A Growing Pile of Work is a compilation of over 400 images created from 2003 to 2009. Bits of unused, rejected and personal projects were used to create intriguing display of Eggertsson’s vast body of work. His rigid graphic style is becoming more and more coveted. The young Icelandic illustrator is being snatched up by companies like Coke and Nike and by luxury brands such as Mulberry.
***We suggest you buy tix ASAP if you’re even thinking about going to this***
If you’ve been under a rock for the last decade and you haven’t heard of Tomato UK that’s all the more reason to go to this event. Tomato UK is an Art / Design / Music collective consisting of many members including Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, of Underworld who all but created the sound track of the nineties.
Tomato members Michael Horsham, Dylan Kendle, and John Warwicker will cross a continent and an ocean to share their secrets on all aspects of art ranging from commercial print to music and sound to architectural design. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet and gain insight from an amazing group with valuable experience with cross-platform art. Horsham will present a general selection of work, Kendle will present film work and Warwicker will discuss process – Tomato’s philosophy and approach to making work.
Check out this new video by friend of Neu Black Anna Wolf for Untitled Magazine. Anna is a New York based fashion photographer with clients like Target, MTV, and Virgin Mobile. We’re happy to see she’s making the jump to live action and doing it with the same subtle beauty as her still work.
Job Waouters, aka The Letman has an uncanny ability to create beautiful expressive typography. As illustrated in the video, he puts type on paper with a deceiving ease. With more and more design and correspondence done digitally, it’s increasingly special to see such beautiful hand lettering.
Kazuki Takamatsu creates softly stenciled works of art that seem stunningly dimensional even though we consciously realize they’re flat. These stenciled faux sculptures of Manga like characters feel vaguely like Takashi Murakami in their (ahem) themes, but take on a more timeless quality in black and white that Murakami’s over the top pop art color palette.
Though the images after the jump are more of these lovely stencils, the push the line of NSFW. We’re not sure if it’s more or less edgy that these figures lack any defining characteristics, but we’ll let you be the judge. If your co-workers laugh as they catch a glimpse over your shoulder, don’t say we didn’t warn you. Read the rest of this entry »
Pop up books usually make us think of teaching kids to read rather than modernist art pieces. David Carter’s 600 Black Spots however has more to do with Alexander Calder that Dr. Seuss. This is tribute to the creative ingenuity of book making and a lovely coffee table piece to boot.
You can pick up a copy at the Tate Modern’s Online Store.
These incredible works from Rafael Grampa take us back to the days we’d spend thumbing through our comic collection. We’re happy to see this style take new life over the years in graphic novels and gallery shows for this type of art. You can check out Grampa’s Graphic novel Mesmo Delivery, and check out some previews of Furry Water coming out in 2010 on his flickr feed.
Originally from Japan, Yuta Onoda is fantastic artist living and working in Ontario Canada. Onoda is a prolific galelry artist, as well as illustrating for the likes of Pylon, HOW, EYE.
More of this lovely work after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Thank god someone finally made some decent hand and arrow icons and gave them out for the world to use. Thanks to Michael Mulvey for hooking these up. You can download them here.
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